--- title: Ed Sheeran Joins FX Drama Bastard Executioner description: He'll play "an ambitious and deadly protégé of a high-ranking church elder" canonical: https://time.com/3973853/ed-sheeran-fx-drama-bastard-executioner/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-27T20:49:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:22:38.210Z og:title: Ed Sheeran Just Landed a TV Role og:description: He'll play "an ambitious and deadly protégé of a high-ranking church elder" og:url: https://time.com/3973853/ed-sheeran-fx-drama-bastard-executioner/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb84934ecdd24a33a/69885c882dce0185ef9e4cb5/ed-sheeran-proposal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ed Sheeran Performs At Croke Park In Dublin og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ed Sheeran Just Landed a TV Role twitter:description: He'll play "an ambitious and deadly protégé of a high-ranking church elder" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb84934ecdd24a33a/69885c882dce0185ef9e4cb5/ed-sheeran-proposal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ed Sheeran Just Landed a TV Role by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 27, 2015 8:49 PM UTC  Ed Sheeran performs at Croke Park on July 24, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland. Ed Sheeran performs at Croke Park on July 24, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland.Phillip Massey—WireImage by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 27, 2015 8:49 PM UTC Everybody’s favorite red-headed singer-songwriter will soon be heading to the small screen. [According to](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/ed-sheeran-joins-bastard-executioner-811150?utm%5Fsource=twitter) _The Hollywood Reporter,_ Ed Sheeran landed a recurring role on the FX drama _The Bastard Executioner_ _,_ billed as “a blood-soaked medieval epic.” So get ready for that. Sheeran is set to play the character of Sir Cormac, who _THR_ describes as “an ambitious and deadly protégé of a high-ranking church elder.” If you’re wondering how on Earth Ed Sheeran landed a role on a 14th-century period drama, note that he’s a big _Sons of Anarchy_ fan and contributed [a song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2jrH-hy6TE) to the show’s soundtrack. That means he’s already buddy-buddy with _Sons of Anarchy_ creator Kurt Sutter, who’s also responsible for _The Bastard Executioner_. It’s unclear if Sheeran will have any opportunities to sing in this role, but fingers crossed that he gets to provide the soundtrack to some brutal battle scenes. _Read next:_ [_Ed Sheeran Gets His Own Ice Cream Flavor_](http://time.com/3971888/ed-sheeran-ice-cream-flavor/) Ed Sheeran Joins FX Drama Bastard Executioner ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3973853/ed-sheeran-fx-drama-bastard-executioner/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3973853/ed-sheeran-fx-drama-bastard-executioner/"},"headline":"Ed Sheeran Just Landed a TV Role","datePublished":"2015-07-27T20:49:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:38.210Z","description":"He'll play \"an ambitious and deadly protégé of a high-ranking church elder\"","url":"https://time.com/3973853/ed-sheeran-fx-drama-bastard-executioner/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb84934ecdd24a33a/69885c882dce0185ef9e4cb5/ed-sheeran-proposal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb84934ecdd24a33a/69885c882dce0185ef9e4cb5/ed-sheeran-proposal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ed Sheeran Performs At Croke Park In Dublin","caption":"Ed Sheeran Performs At Croke Park In Dublin","creditText":"Phillip Massey—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3973853/ed-sheeran-fx-drama-bastard-executioner/","name":"Ed Sheeran Just Landed a TV Role"}}]}] ```